*p1798 10 15 cg Othello, Moor of Venice. Othello-A Young Gentleman (from the <i>Theatre Royal Dublin</i>; 1st appearance on this, and 4th on any stage [$Huddart=]); Roderigo-Knight; Cassio (1st time)-Betterton; Brabantio-Hull; Lodovico-Whitfield; Duke-Waddy; Gratiano-Powel; Montano-Clarke; Iago-Murray; Emilia (1st time)-Mrs Litchfield; Desdemona-Mrs Pope (1st appearance in that character [in <i>London</i>]).*a1798 10 15 cg The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard. Principal Ballet Characters-Follett, Bologna Jun., Bologna Sen., Dyke, Whitmore, Abbot, Wilde, Blurton, Platt, Jackson, Hawtin, Powers, Findlay, Rayner, Webb, Farley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Burnett, Mrs Ward, Miss Bologna, Mrs Wybrow (1st appearance); Vocal Characters-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Tett, Curties, Master Standen, Miss Gray; [<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Abdallah</i>r, <i>Capt. Teach</i>r, <i>Garrat Gibbons</i>r, <i>Cesar</i>r, <i>Gunner</i>r, <i>Carpenter</i>r, <i>Seamen-$Clarke</i>, <i>William</i>r, <i>Drunken Negro-$Simmons</i>, <i>Servants</i>r, <i>Negro Boy-$Master Standen</i>, <i>Lieut. Maynard</i>r, <i>Sailors</i>r, <i>Nancy</i>r, Servants, <i>Orra</i>r, <i>Ismena</i>r. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.] the following new Scenes, Songs: Grand Cabin. <i>While the jolly grog</i>-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Abbot; [Entrance into Cabin. <i>My Willy was a Sailor bold</i>-Miss Gray; [Between Decks. <i>Stand to your guns our cannons thunder</i>-Townsend, Hill; [Entrance into Cabin. <i>A pirate's Life</i>-Townsend; [Roads of <i>Madagascar</i>. Negro Air: <i>When sunny Beams</i>-Master Standen; [Sea Ballad. <i>Three Years I've bade sweet Home adieu</i>-Hill; [Inside of Black-Beard's Hut. West Indian View. Seaman and Drunken Negro: <i>In Search of a Pirate</i>-Clarke, Simmons; [Romantic Heights, with Black-Beard's Ship at a Distance. Grand cabin by Moonlight. <i>No longer heave the heart@felt sigh</i>-Hill, Miss Gray [The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by <i>His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir</i>, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, $the Liguria=, of 42 Guns and 120 Men [on 7 Aug. 1798, off <i>Malaga</i>], with the Striking the Black Flag, and Plunging the Pirate into the Sea.*d1798 10 15 cg In afterpiece: <i>Dance of Negroes</i>-.*c1798 10 15 cg [$Huddart=, whose 1st appearance on the stage was at the $Crow Street Theatre Dublin=, on 14 May 1798, is identified in <i>European Magazine</i>, Oct. 1798, p. 258.] "In the gentle and tender scenes [Huddart] was impressive...but in the impassioned parts he was often too boisterous, and from his too eager exertion, he exhausted himself, in a great measure, before the conclusion of the piece" (<i>Morning Herald</i>, 16 Oct.). [$Mrs Pope=, as $Miss Campion=, had 1st appeared as <i>Desdemona</i>r at the same theatre, 11 Mar. 1790. $Mrs Wybrow= was from the <i>Royal Circus</i>. She had appeared at <i>cg</i> on 6 June 1798.] Afterp iece [1st time; BALL. PI, by $John Cartwright Cross=. <i>Larpent MS 1228</i>. Text (i.e. synopsis of the ballet, and the songs) in his <i>Circusiana</i> (<i>Lackington, Allen & Co.</i>, 1890), Vol. 1; it lists the cast for the Royal Circus]: Taken chiefly from the favourtie Piece of the latter Title [1st acted at the Royal Circus, 9 Apr. 1798], with Alterations and Additions by the original Author. The Music by $Sanderson=, and Scenery by $Phillips=, $Lupino=, $Hollogan=, $Blackmore=, &c. Receipts: #294 15s. 6d. (290.8.6; 4.7.0).